Linux 3.14, Etherpad 1.4, Pass and an RGB/LED/Pi tutorial – Snippets

Linux 3.14 lands: And another ten week dev cycle of Linux ends with the release of Linux 3.14. There’s a new realtime scheduler (deadline), event triggers for tracing, graphics driver updates (stablised Broadwell support, NVIDIA GK110 support, dynamic power management for newer AMD hardware), new TCP autocorking for better small packet handling and the usual gamut of driver improvements, patches and enhancements. For a good list, check LWN.net‘s three part listing (1, 2, 3) (and if you are interested in Linux and don’t subscribe to LWN.net, why not?). As of writing, Kernel Newbies has yet to catch up with its pages, while German speakers can read Thorsten Leemhuis’s Die Neuerungen von Linux 3.14 which is packed full of details.

Etherpad 1.4 arrives: For Etherpad, it’s mostly lots of bugfixes and security patches, but it’s worth noting the arrival of Etherpad 1.4. The Node.js-based collaborative editor’s changelog has the details.

Pass, you may: Pass is an interesting idea – password management using a simple text file (encrypted of course) with a simple (and configurable) file storage heirachy, with simple commands to manipulate them and use them from the keyboard. Now to see if I can get the password manager I use elsewhere to export its contents in Pass format – there’s already scripts for lots of other passwords managers.

Your name in lights: A nice little tutorial from the folks at Adafruit ahows how to use a 16×32 RGB LED matrix panel, which happens to be available over at Phenoptix, with a Raspberry Pi. The matrix usually comes with instructions to use it with an Arduino due to the bit bangy nature of getting stuff onto the display so the Pi instructions offer a whole new set of opportunities for hacking. The next edition of CodeScaling might be in 16×32 format real soon now.